Trunk



(No Model.)

O. ZIMMERMAN.

TRUNK.

N 0- Patented June 23,1885,

WITNESSES IN VENTOR.

W ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES CASPER ZIMMERMAN, OF

PATENT ()FFICE.

OW'ATONN A, MINNESOTA.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,740, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed March 21, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CASPER ZIMMERMAN,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Owatonna, in the county of Steele and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Trunks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my improved safety-trunk, showing the same set on end with one of the covers open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of thetrunk with its covers closed, and Fig. 3 is a detail View in perspective of one of the heads or ends with the covers detached therefrom.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to a device which may be denominated a safety or barrel trunk for the transportation of clothes and other baggage; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates the body of my improved trunk, which consists of an ordinary barrel constructed in the usual manner of staves B B, connected by hoops O G, the said staves and hoops being of any desired material and dimensions. At the ends of the said barrel are secured the heads D D, which consist of circular rings or bands, made preferably of cast-iron, although any other suitable material may be employed.

.These heads or bands, which are to be secured in any suitable manner inside the staves, so as to form interior braces, are provided with central diametrical braces, E E, the outer sides of which are provided with ribs F, the said ribs being constructed with pintles G G, to which (No model.)

i the covers H H are connected by means of ordinary hinge-straps.

The outer or free ends of the covers are provided with looks I I, of ordinary construction, the bolts of which, J J, are adapted to enter sockets K K in lugs L L, formed at the edges of the heads or bands D D. When the latter are placed in position, the ends of the barrel are chamfcred, as at M M, to receive the lugs L L, which latter will thus assist in holding the heads securely in place. The ribs F F may also be provided with projections N N for the same purpose.

The interior of the barrel or body is provided with partitions O O, forming it into a series of compartments, P I, registering with the several doors, and in which trays or drawers may be arranged when desired.

Packing-strips, of rubber or other suitable material,may be interposed between the doors and the heads or bands D for the purpose of forming water-tight joints.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed.

The construction of my improved trunk is simple and inexpensive. The several compartments are easily accessible. Owing to its peculiar shape, it may be easily handled and transported, and it is not liable to be damaged by knocks or other injuries which it may receive. The heads or ends to which the covers are hinged form interior braces, which add greatly to the strength and durability of the device.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, with a barrel-shaped body, of an annular head or rim secured within each end of the same, each of said heads or rims having a diametrical brace and tops or covers hinged to said braces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As an improvement in trunks, the combination of a barrel-shaped body, interior annular heads or bands secured within the ends of the same and provided with lugs extending into recesses at the ends of the body and having sockets, as described, and covers hinged to transversebraces of the said heads and having locks the bolts of which are adapted to enter the sockets in the lugs at the edges of the said heads, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. As an improvement in trunks, the combination, with a barrel-shaped body, of the metallic annular heads or bands having laterally extending socketed lugs and trans verse braces provided with ribs to which the covers are hinged, substantially as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

4. As an improvement in safety-trunks, the combination of a barrelshaped body, partitions within the same dividing it into suitable 

